公开(公告)号：US20210271747A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17315777

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Ryan NEWCOMB ,  Terry BACHE ,  Eric HAWES ,  Raymond LAU ,  Cristian POPA ,  James YORKSHADES

IPC: G06F21/44 ,  H05B1/02 ,  H05B3/03 ,  F22B1/28 ,  A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/40

Abstract: An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly including a pre-vapor formulation compartment, a first electrical connector, a vapor channel traversing the pre-vapor formulation compartment, and a vaporizer, the pre-vapor formulation compartment configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein and in fluidic communication with the vaporizer during an operation of the e-vapor apparatus, the first electrical connector including first and second power electrodes, the first power electrode including a first contact portion on an exterior of the first electrical connector and a first extended portion configured to contact an anode portion of the vaporizer, the second power electrode including a second contact portion on the exterior of the first electrical connector and a second extended portion configured to contact a cathode portion of the vaporizer. The e-vapor apparatus may further include a dispensing body including a second electrical connector configured to connect to the first electrical connector.

公开(公告)号：US20210251295A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17306192

申请日：2021-05-03

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Oleg MIRONOV ,  Ihar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK ,  Jerome Christian COURBAT

IPC: A24F40/50 ,  G01F23/24 ,  G01F23/26 ,  A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/40

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from the first electrode, an aerosol-generator including one or more aerosol-generating elements and a control system. At least one of the aerosol-generating elements includes one of the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged such that at least a portion of the liquid storage portion is between the first electrode and the second electrode. The control system is configured to measure an electrical quantity between the first electrode and the second electrode and determine the amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion based on the measured electrical quantity information.

公开(公告)号：US11091314B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-17

申请号：US16257892

申请日：2019-01-25

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Michel Bessant

IPC: B65D83/68 ,  B65D83/38 ,  B65D83/14 ,  H05B1/02 ,  A61M11/04 ,  A61M15/06 ,  A61M15/00 ,  G01N21/31 ,  G01N15/00

Abstract: A handheld aerosol-generating device may include an emitter configured to emit light, a sensor configured to receive light, and an aerosol chamber configured to hold an aerosol. The emitter may emit light into the aerosol chamber. The sensor may receive light from the aerosol chamber and measure at least one wavelength of the spectrum of the received light. Direct measurement of parameters, and/or the presence, of the aerosol in the aerosol chamber may be enabled, where the direct measurement of parameters of the aerosol in the aerosol chamber may enable optimal operation of an aerosol-generating system that may be the handheld aerosol-generating device.

公开(公告)号：US20210245948A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17242430

申请日：2021-04-28

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Brian CASEY

IPC: B65D85/10

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a slide-action hinged-lid pack comprises a hinged-lid inner pack configured to hold consumer items, the hinged-lid inner pack including a front wall, a back wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a bottom wall and a hinged-lid pivotally connected to an upper end of the back wall for movement between an open position and a closed position, and an outer shell, and wherein the hinged-lid inner pack can slide from a first position at which the hinged-lid is in the closed position to a second position at which the hinged-lid is in the open position, the outer shell including a first stop tab on an inner side of the back wall, the hinged-lid inner pack including a second stop tab on a tongue extending from the hinged-lid, and the hinged-lid inner pack including a third stop tab on the back wall of the hinged-lid inner pack, the second stop tab operable to engage the first stop tab during movement of the hinged-lid inner pack from the first positon to the second position, and the third stop tab operable to abut the second stop tab when the hinged-lid inner pack is moved to the second position.

公开(公告)号：US20210243844A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US17239855

申请日：2021-04-26

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Tony REEVELL

IPC: H05B3/04 ,  H05B1/02 ,  H05B3/44 ,  A24F40/50

Abstract: An electronic vaping device includes a liquid storage portion, an electric heater and electronic circuitry. The liquid storage portion is configured to store liquid vapor-forming substrate. The electric heater includes at least one heating element, the at least one heating element configured to heat the liquid vapor-forming substrate. The electronic circuitry is configured to self-activate the electric heater for a first time interval during a period of inactivity of the electric heater to determine depletion of the liquid vapor-forming substrate based on a relationship between a power applied to the at least one heating element and a resulting temperature change of the at least one heating element.

公开(公告)号：US20210230627A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US17150704

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Inventor： Jesse FREDERICK ,  Andrew Carl ADAMS ,  Dongmei XU

IPC: C12N15/82

Abstract: The present disclosure provides products, compositions, and methods for improving nitrogen use efficiency in tobacco plants, including e.g., Burley tobacco. This disclosure further provides genetic markers for tracking enhanced nitrogen use efficiency phenotypes in tobacco plants and for introgressing enhanced nitrogen use efficiency phenotypes into tobacco plants. The disclosure also provides tobacco plants comprising enhanced nitrogen use efficiency and methods to the creation of tobacco plants comprising enhanced nitrogen use efficiency.

公开(公告)号：US20210219621A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US16749640

申请日：2020-01-22

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Adam PARROTT ,  Niall GALLAGHER ,  Raymond W. LAU ,  Eric HAWES ,  Ryan NEWCOMB ,  Terry BACHE ,  Rangaraj S. SUNDAR ,  Jarrett KEEN

IPC: A24F40/51 ,  G01P5/02 ,  G01K13/00 ,  A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/44 ,  A24F40/46

Abstract: A method of controlling a hot wire anemometer (HWA) of a nicotine e-vaping device includes controlling, by a first PID controller, a level of power applied by the nicotine e-vaping device to the HWA based on a temperature of a heated element of the HWA and a temperature setpoint; generating a puff detection signal indicating whether or not a puff is currently occurring with respect to the nicotine e-vaping device; and while the puff detection signal indicates that a puff is not currently occurring with respect to the nicotine e-vaping device, detecting, by a second PID controller, a change in an ambient temperature of the HWA, and controlling, by the second PID controller, the temperature setpoint such that the temperature setpoint changes in response to the detected change in the ambient temperature of the HWA.

公开(公告)号：US20210212173A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17212318

申请日：2021-03-25

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Tony REEVELL

IPC: H05B3/44 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/51 ,  B65D37/00 ,  H05B1/02

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The liquid storage portion includes one or more flexible walls and is configured to change at least one of the shape and the size of the liquid storage portion upon a change of the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion. The cartridge includes a sensor configured to detect data of a physical property. The data relates to at least one of a corresponding shape and a corresponding size of the liquid storage portion so that the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion is determinable from the measured data.

公开(公告)号：US20210204601A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17212334

申请日：2021-03-25

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Jason Andrew MACKO ,  James Anthony SKAPARS

IPC: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/44

Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element comprises a plurality of fused metal beads or particles.

公开(公告)号：US20210204586A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17211128

申请日：2021-03-24

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Feng GAO ,  Frank Scott ATCHLEY ,  Gregory GRISCIK ,  Christopher Joseph DINOVI ,  Phillip M. HULAN

IPC: A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/16

Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-soluble polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-soluble polymer matrix, and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the mouth-soluble polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.